List of ships named HMS Endeavour

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HMS Endeavour may refer to one of the following ships:

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In the Royal New Zealand Navy

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HMS <i>Resolution</i> List of ships with the same or similar names

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution. However, the first English warship to bear the name Resolution was actually the first rate Prince Royal, which was renamed Resolution in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name Prince Royal was restored. The name Resolution was bestowed on the first of the vessels listed below:

HMS <i>Endeavour</i> 18th-century Royal Navy research vessel

HMS Endeavour was a British Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Australia and New Zealand on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771.

Sixteen different ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Greyhound, after the greyhound, a breed of dog notable for its speed.

Ten ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet, after the insect:

Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named Adventure. A thirteenth was planned but never completed:

Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake:

Fifteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ferret, after the domestic mammal, the Ferret:

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fly:

Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falcon. They are named after an exceptionally fast bird of prey.

Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:

Fourteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name Raven, after birds of the genus Corvus, particularly the common raven:

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Squirrel after the animal, while four more carried the name while serving as fishery protection vessels. Another was planned, but was renamed before being launched.

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:

Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedwell:

A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diligent.

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